Mendelian Genetics Flashcards
1
Q
What are the three laws of inheritance?
A
The law of segregation, law of independent assortment, and law of dominance
2
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What is the law of segregation?
A
During the formation of gametes, chromosome pairs are separated
3
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What is the law of independent assortment
A
Alleles on pairs of chromosomes are allocated to gametes randomly
4
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What is the Law of dominance?
A
Some alleles are dominant to others. In any organism, dominant alleles will be expressed over recessive alleles as the phenotype depends on the presence of dominant alleles.
